Whatttup everyone,
I hit the doah two weeks ago and brought two rods, both three weights. One was the Echo Shadow II Nymphing stick (coming in at 10ft) and the other was an Echo Glass Rod (coming in at 7'6 feet, i believe). Why two? One for dries and one for nymphs, duh, but surprisingly I put my fiberglass stick away and was only using the nymph rod.
Yes, the ten foot rod was a PAIN to bring through the woods, yet it was awesome for nymphing these pools, even though the river I was on is small the length of the 10 footer helped me do better drifts.
I am going again this weekend, BUT broke my nymph rod in PA this weekend. So, who knows what i will do.... feeling naked without the nymph stick :(
On Mon, Mar 25, 2019 at 8:49 AM Daniel Lazenby <dlazenby4@gmail.com> wrote:
Brian you have any runs or streams in mind?DanielWe're all stories in the end, just make it a good one.
Devin K., Virginia--On Sun, Mar 24, 2019, 8:37 PM Brian Halpern <bhalpern10@gmail.com> wrote:New to the list. Will be doing chasing the mountain brookies as well. I have a few rods to try.Looking to meet up with a few people and make a.day trip out of it.Brian--On Sun, Mar 24, 2019, 18:15 arthur noglak <arthur.noglak@gmail.com> wrote:This has been one of my favorite threads in awhile. Were drawing out some great opinions and suggestions.--More importantly Its cool to see how stylistic fly fishing is. I mean even something as simple as a good rod for fishing for mountain bluegill, has incited a complex discussion about rod lengths and actions.HellSent from my iPhoneI agree with the roll cast suggestion. Overhead casts are highly efficient .... at catching trees.For anything that doesn't require casting in a cove of laurels, a 7 or 7.5ft rod is perfect.Even there, I suggest the bow and arrow cast.Watch Joe Humphreys about 15 minutes into the video.Carl--Carl Zmola--On Sat, Mar 23, 2019 at 9:56 AM Terry C <flycstrva56@gmail.com> wrote:I use a 7' 4 wt. Saying that ,what will fix your problem is learning to roll cast and a few single handed spey casts. With those casts in your arsenal you will never need to cast overhead.--
On Saturday, March 9, 2019 at 9:51:23 PM UTC-5, Dave Stephenson wrote:I 'm foolishly going to try to chase mountain brookies this season. I say foolishly because I will wrap a tree limb in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay casting to stripers. Question for all the mountain men and ladies; what is best rod length? I know I want a slow/full action ( thinking about glass) and probably a 3wt ( for a couple reasons), but is 7 foot too long? I know how much harder a shorter rod can be to cast, but a 7'9" seems too long for close quarters. I've spent a lot of time in the mountains and along those streams, just not too much trying to cast feathers into them. Has anyone tried the Moonshine Rods? In Murray's Fly Shop I would trust but their mountain rods start north of $600. Something i'm not going to spend. Thoughts? Wisdom? Derision? Talk me out of it?
Dave
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